Global lawmakers find common ground The 153rd IPU Assembly was attended by close to 700 parliamentarians from over 130 countries, including 50 Speakers and 45 Deputy Speakers of Parliaments. The high-level participation underscored the importance of the Assembly as a global forum for parliamentary leadership and dialogue. Among the lawmakers present, 39.4% were women – […]
Mr. Milton Dick, the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Australia, has been elected the 32nd President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) by hundreds of parliamentarians gathered in Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania, for the 153rd IPU Assembly.. Mr. Dick took the top spot at the IPU with 56% of the vote after one round of voting […]
The risks that society accepts – and the boundaries that AI must respect – must be decided democratically. Signatories: Dr. Tulia Ackson, President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Member of the National Assembly, United Republic of Tanzania Ms. Anda Filip, IPU Secretary General Mr. Hasni Mohammad, President of the IPU Standing Committee on Peace and […]
The British Group Inter-Parliamentary Union (BGIPU) welcomed the President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Dr Tulia Ackson, and its new Secretary General, Anda Filip, to Westminster on 9 September 2026. Their visit provided an opportunity for parliamentarians from across both Houses and parties to discuss the UK’s contribution to the IPU and the priorities for […]
An IPU delegation, led by Secretary General Anda Filip, has concluded a visit to Bangladesh at the invitation of the Jatiya Sangsad, the country’s Parliament. The mission comes at a pivotal moment for Bangladesh, with parliamentary elections held on 12 February 2026, and an interim Government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus having been in […]
The 153rd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) will be held in Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania, from 5 to 9 October 2026, bringing together hundreds of lawmakers from around the world for a week of high-level parliamentary diplomacy. Hosted by Bunge la Tanzania, the National Assembly of Tanzania, the focus of the Assembly will be […]
The IPU warmly congratulates the Kingdom of Tonga on its accession to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) and its ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), both formalized on 7 July 2026 at the United Nations in New York. With this ratification, approved by its Parliament, Tonga becomes the 179th state […]
Parliamentarians from around the world gathered at the United Nations in New York on 14 July for the IPU Parliamentary Forum at the 2026 UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), where they reviewed progress and shared good parliamentary practice on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The annual HLPF is the main global accountability platform for […]
Last week, Geneva hosted the largest concentration of international AI governance activity to date. Three major UN-anchored processes converged in the same week for the first time: the inaugural Global Dialogue on AI Governance, the WSIS Forum 2026 and the AI for Good Global Summit, and the IPU was there to bring a parliamentary perspective into each. What came out of it were […]
Between the 24th and the 27th June, I had the great privilege of leading a small, cross-party delegation of Parliamentarians from both houses to Lithuania. The group was made up of Lord Malcolm Bruce of Bennachie (Lib Dem), and MPs Sir John Whittingdale (Conservative and Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Lithuania), Iqbal Mohamed (Independent), Chris […]
